Author Question: According to gender-schema theory, if four-year-old Ginny (who classifies herself as a girl) ... (Read 107 times)

BrownTown3 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

According to gender-schema theory, if four-year-old Ginny (who classifies herself as a girl) believes that jumping rope is a girl thing and playing football is a boy thing, then she would most likely

a. talk a lot about football, but would not play football.
b. think that jumping rope is for her (even if she has never done it in the past).
c. argue that boys should be made to jump rope.
d. try playing football to make sure that it is not for her.

Question 2

Four-year-old Austin believes that only girls can be nurses. At his next check-up, he happens to be seen by a male nurse. According to gender-schema theory, if a week later you were to ask Austin if boys can be nurses, his answer would most likely be

a. No..
b. Yes, boys can be nurses..
c. Yes, but only for little kids..
d. Yes, but only if their wife is a doctor..